Ransom W. Dunham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRansom W. Dunham
American politician
Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1838
Place of Birth: Savoy, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 19-Aug-1896
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Ransom W. Dunham
- Ransom Williams Dunham (March 21, 1838 – August 19, 1896) was a U.S.
- Representative from Illinois. Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, Dunham attended the common schools and the high school in Springfield, engaged as a clerk for a life insurance company 1855-1857.
- He moved to Chicago in 1857.
- He became a grain and provision commission merchant.
- He served as president of the Board of Trade of Chicago in 1882. Dunham was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889).
- He retired from active business pursuits.
- He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 19, 1896, while en route to attend the centennial celebration of his native town, Savoy.
- He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago.
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